Sequoia
April 6th, 2002, 06:13 PM
ok here's the problem -
I dont' usually live at my mom's anymore, from reasons spanning from smoking (mom) to pain in the a** brothers to phone line restriction (unfairly) to mother ranting incoherently about the evils of "witches" and Dungeons and Dragons (without reason, the woman is pretty much pagan herself, for the love of kami-sama).
I am here for less than three days, and my little brother begins his rampages. Name calling, fat jokes, harassment, and oh did I mention the gun pressed against my back?
I was fairly certain it wasn't loaded, but still. . . an honest-to-god weapon. He's also shot a bbgun at me and nearly hit me, and has nearly stabbed me with a knife before (it was pure luck - if the knife had been an inch longer and he'd stabbed slightly more to the right, I would've been in the hospital. He was stabbing through a door I was leaning against, I saw marks in the door on both sides later)
what the heck do I do about this, all of this? My little brother's a monster, and I know that he's gonna someday end up in huge trouble, with the police or other kids or what, I don't know. But it's not a good path for him to be on.
My parents won't do anything. My mom yells but my brother yells louder and hits. My dad knows about this but won't do anything. I still dont' really understand why. i'm the one who got lectured the time he nearly stabbed me. And we're not talking butterknife - we're talking big sharp meat cutting knife. I ended up knocking him to the floor, he still had the knife, and I stepped on his head. Disarm him and keep him from hurting me, it was the fastest and best way, better than a knife fight! Yet I was blamed, and chastised and punished because I gave him a slight cuncussion (this is the kid that plays football and gets three or four a year, usually worse than what I did considering he never saw a dr to diagnose it, so. . . ). I got punished for defending myself and he got off scott free, and has since attempted to harm and/or kill me. He has even said he wants to kill me, to both my parents faces, and has said on numerous occasions that he should have killed me before.
what the h*ll am I supposed to do about this? Not only is my life often enough in danger, but then I get blamed for it! And if I try to tell any authority, they tell me to talk to my parents! Who do nothing about it. What am I supposed to do?
Any options, ANYTHING you could tell me, especially that I could tell my mom to try, would help. I really am getting sick of this.
thanks,
Puma
I dont' usually live at my mom's anymore, from reasons spanning from smoking (mom) to pain in the a** brothers to phone line restriction (unfairly) to mother ranting incoherently about the evils of "witches" and Dungeons and Dragons (without reason, the woman is pretty much pagan herself, for the love of kami-sama).
I am here for less than three days, and my little brother begins his rampages. Name calling, fat jokes, harassment, and oh did I mention the gun pressed against my back?
I was fairly certain it wasn't loaded, but still. . . an honest-to-god weapon. He's also shot a bbgun at me and nearly hit me, and has nearly stabbed me with a knife before (it was pure luck - if the knife had been an inch longer and he'd stabbed slightly more to the right, I would've been in the hospital. He was stabbing through a door I was leaning against, I saw marks in the door on both sides later)
what the heck do I do about this, all of this? My little brother's a monster, and I know that he's gonna someday end up in huge trouble, with the police or other kids or what, I don't know. But it's not a good path for him to be on.
My parents won't do anything. My mom yells but my brother yells louder and hits. My dad knows about this but won't do anything. I still dont' really understand why. i'm the one who got lectured the time he nearly stabbed me. And we're not talking butterknife - we're talking big sharp meat cutting knife. I ended up knocking him to the floor, he still had the knife, and I stepped on his head. Disarm him and keep him from hurting me, it was the fastest and best way, better than a knife fight! Yet I was blamed, and chastised and punished because I gave him a slight cuncussion (this is the kid that plays football and gets three or four a year, usually worse than what I did considering he never saw a dr to diagnose it, so. . . ). I got punished for defending myself and he got off scott free, and has since attempted to harm and/or kill me. He has even said he wants to kill me, to both my parents faces, and has said on numerous occasions that he should have killed me before.
what the h*ll am I supposed to do about this? Not only is my life often enough in danger, but then I get blamed for it! And if I try to tell any authority, they tell me to talk to my parents! Who do nothing about it. What am I supposed to do?
Any options, ANYTHING you could tell me, especially that I could tell my mom to try, would help. I really am getting sick of this.
thanks,
Puma